Diets enriched in unsaturated fatty acids enhance early embryonic development in lactating Holstein cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 949-957

  Thangavelu, G ^a   Colazo, M G ^a   Ambrose, D J ^a   Oba, M ^a   Okine, E K ^a   Dyck, M K ^a  

^a Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell numbers; Embryonic development; Fatty acids; Flaxseed; Sunflower seed

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; INSULIN; PROGESTERONE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLAX; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION; SUNFLOWER; SUPEROVULATION; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FLAX; HELIANTHUS; INSULIN; LACTATION; MILK; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPEROVULATION; TIME FACTORS;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 34548605160     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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